history of Guatemala

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

Political map of Guatemala showing its national boundaries with Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador, as well as major cities including Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, Puerto Barrios, and Escuintla. The map features rivers, coastlines along the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and an inset locator map highlighting Guatemala's position in Central America.

Maya ruins at Tikal, Guatemala

The yellow facade of La Merced Church in Antigua, Guatemala, stands behind a stone cross in a cobblestone plaza, with colonial architectural details and a blue sky above.

Map of the Americas in 1780 showing the Spanish and Portuguese viceroyalties. Spanish territories are shaded in green, including the Viceroyalty of New Spain, Viceroyalty of Peru, Viceroyalty of New Granada, and Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. Portuguese territory, labeled as the Viceroyalty of Brazil, is shaded in purple. Borders between Spanish and Portuguese lands are marked, with amendments from 1750 and 1778 indicated. British territory is shown in the northern part of North America. Ma

Justo Rufino Barrios

Manuel Estrada Cabrera

Rigoberta Menchú

Alejandro Giammattei

history of Guatemala: Media

Images

Guatemala

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Political map of Guatemala showing its national boundaries with Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador, as well as major cities including Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, Puerto Barrios, and Escuintla. The map features rivers, coastlines along the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and an inset locator map highlighting Guatemala's position in Central America.

Guatemala

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Maya ruins at Tikal, Guatemala

Maya ruins at Tikal, Guatemala

Maya ruins of the North Acropolis at Tikal, Guatemala.

© Ron Gatepain (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

The yellow facade of La Merced Church in Antigua, Guatemala, stands behind a stone cross in a cobblestone plaza, with colonial architectural details and a blue sky above.

Church of La Merced in Antigua Guatemala

Built between 1749 and 1767 under the direction of architect Juan de Dios Estrada,...

© diegograndi/stock.adobe.com

Map of the Americas in 1780 showing the Spanish and Portuguese viceroyalties. Spanish territories are shaded in green, including the Viceroyalty of New Spain, Viceroyalty of Peru, Viceroyalty of New Granada, and Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. Portuguese territory, labeled as the Viceroyalty of Brazil, is shaded in purple. Borders between Spanish and Portuguese lands are marked, with amendments from 1750 and 1778 indicated. British territory is shown in the northern part of North America. Ma

Spanish viceroyalties and Portuguese territories in the Americas, 1780

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Justo Rufino Barrios

Justo Rufino Barrios

Justo Rufino Barrios, portrait by an unknown artist.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Manuel Estrada Cabrera

Manuel Estrada Cabrera

Manuel Estrada Cabrera.

National Photo Company Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: LC-DIG-npcc-20416)

Jacobo Arbenz

Jacobo Arbenz

Jacobo Arbenz, 1950.

Courtesy of the Organization of American States

Rigoberta Menchú

Rigoberta Menchú

Menchú used the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize money to found the advocacy organization Rigoberta...

Copyright Sergio Dorantes/Sygma

Alejandro Giammattei

Alejandro Giammattei

Alejandro Giammattei, 2020.

© Oliver de Ros—AP/Shutterstock.com